Thanks to a couple of amazing redditors who helped me get back to my mom, I get to spend my final Mother’s Day with her.

My mom called me one day, she said she had pneumonia and was going to the hospital, what I didn’t know was she had lung cancer (50 years of smoking) and lost so much blood that she had a heart attack and stroke that evening.

I was sick the day she called so I wasn’t much into talking, to have the chance to redo that single conversation again.

I’m so happy for you that you get to spend time with your mother in her final days, shower her with your love.

My brother called me one night wanting to bullshit, I told him I didn't have time to talk that I was just heading out the door to meet up with some friends. It was the last time I talked to him. I would do anything to have the conversation over again.

The last conversation I had with my dad was eerie in retrospect. It was a pretty normal conversation but towards the end of it we started talking about my future. We just talked about my short and long term goals and he was just giving me advice. We ended the conversation on a great note. Then that night he had a heart attack and died. After his death my aunt told us that he called her that night and said “I think I’m ready to die.” She thought he was joking. But we realized he had talked to everybody he wanted to that day. You just never know which conversation will be the last. I guess I got lucky.

It's super eerie how that kind of thing happens. The last conversation I had with the guy who was kind of like my dad was heartbreaking in retrospect. The last thing he said to me was, "I think of you like one of my own."

A short time later, he wasn't able to speak anymore due to the brain damage his disease had caused.

As soon as I saw the word Oma your comment struck a nerve with me as I’ve called mine Oma since I was born. She’s from Austria and an amazing woman, strong as iron, sharp as glass. I know it’s going to break all of the family when she goes. Because she’s so strong in our eyes she’s immortal. I know that sounds silly... but God bless her. We all love her so much.

My nan is the most amazing woman in the world! She's 79 and still in brilliant health, but her age is slowly taking over.

I would give anything. Really, anything to go back 20 years and relive my life with her all over again. It was a hard life, but she makes it super fun even till today. She's still around and I make it a point to spend as much time as I can with her while I can.

To be honest, death scares me most. The thought of never being able to speak to someone you love ever again is just heartbreaking and everytime I think of it my heart starts racing.

My Nan passed away suddenly at 65. She was the cornerstone of our entire family and honestly it took the last 12 years for us to finally all kinda get back to normal. It's insane how a single woman can hold so much together for so long as she really did bring so many different people together in an amazing way that truly could not be replicated.

I went to the hospital for my Dads surgery and told him good luck, the surgery went well but I didn’t wait for him to get out of recovery . Before surgery was the last time I talked to him as he died about two weeks later. (He’d been sick and bedridden before the surgery)

My last conversation with my dad was when he was hospitalized for turning yellow. It revolved mainly around how Trump surprisingly won the election and he finished it up by telling me to crash at his (new) place and have a cold beer from the garage fridge. His liver fucked him over and he was dead within 36 hours after our final talk. Enjoy your beer, but in moderation folks.

Just reading this makes me worry for my dad so much. I don't want to one day see him like this and idk how to tell him that it scares me. We don't expactly have the greatest relationship and to be honest, I don't like my dad. He wasn't the greatest but I love him. He's my dad, and just reading all of this hit me really hard. Ah damn the feels are coming

I think what your dad meant was"don't make the same mistakes I made" because i think that's what parents want- for their kids to be like them just a little better. Sorry for your loss. My family didn't get any last words from my dad, just a lot of crying and bitterness from him in his final days.

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